KEC63: NOAA Weather Radio, Detroit

162.550 MHz · 1,000 W · On the air

KEC63 broadcasts NOAA Weather Radio on 162.550 MHz (WX1 on most receivers) from Detroit, with the transmitter at Southfield, Michigan, at 1,000 W. The National Weather Service office in Detroit/Pontiac, MI programs it. It covers 8 counties.

The transmitter and its neighbors

KEC63 (the largest dot) and the transmitters within 100 miles, colored by their status now.

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The transmitter

Call sign: KEC63
Frequency: 162.550 MHz (WX1)
Power: 1,000 W
Status: On the air
Station: Detroit
Transmitter site: Southfield
State: Michigan
NWS office: Detroit/Pontiac, MI
Location: 42.4831, -83.2056

Counties covered

Program a SAME receiver with the code of your county. Coverage is NWS’s note of the part of a county the signal reaches.

County	State	SAME code	Coverage
Lenawee	Michigan	026091	Whole county
Livingston	Michigan	026093	Whole county
Macomb	Michigan	026099	Whole county
Monroe	Michigan	026115	Whole county
Oakland	Michigan	026125	Whole county
St. Clair	Michigan	026147	Whole county
Washtenaw	Michigan	026161	Whole county
Wayne	Michigan	026163	Whole county

Nearby transmitters

Weather radio in Michigan Every transmitter The forecast here Alerts in force in Michigan

Sources

Transmitters, status and county coverage from the National Weather Service’s NOAA Weather Radio county coverage listing (data). Public domain. Read September 26, 2026 at 9:25 AM UTC; held for an hour. Original at weather.gov. Report an outage to NWS at weather.gov/nwr.